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INTRODUCTORY NOTE

This little known Canon in preparation for Confession is to be found in the Greek *Great Euchologion.* As the concluding prayer makes clear, the Confession is in preparation for Holy Communion. The prayer might well be used as a prayer of absolution when penitents come for Confession before the Liturgy.

The Gospel, from that according to St Mark, is translated from the Church ‘ s text. Virtually all modern editions of the Greek and all modern translations, following the reading of the best manuscripts, omit the final verse, “But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive you your offences“.